Oh i saw that on the news when it flowered! This looks a lot smaller going by the leaves and I didn;t realize they came with such striking stems. For some reason it looks familiar to something i've seen in uk gardens but i can't think what? Beautiful colors though, i love the green hues and red contrast, and the focus is sharp enough to bring out the slightly sparkly lines in the stem. Very good!

Yeah, what an excellent composition of a piece of detail most would not notice. Nice.

So simple and so appealing. Very nice. Really cool DoF.

Lovely colours and bokeh. I'm going to do a google search now to see what the rest of this plant looks like :)

Quite beautiful and wonderful dof.

Lovely shot. And thanks too for the advice the other day. I managed to get a site up and this photoblog game is a lot of fun. Thanks again.

Wow! This is beautiful!!! Great colors and composition !

lovely colours n details!

Beautiful colours and a nice DOF! Your explanations are really helpful.

Thank you all for your comments! Jen, you might be thinking of Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum japonicum), an invasive species that crops up all over the place; it's a real problem in certain areas, but to its credit it does have beautiful stems.

The simplicity of this composition combined with the colors is just beautiful.

You descriptions are every bit intriguing as your photographs :)

Wow, Stunning !